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Consider the procedure below for the Producer-Consumer problem which uses semaphores:semaphore n = 0;semaphore s = 1; void producer(){while(true){produce();semWait(s);addToBuffer();semSignal(s);semSignal(n);}} void consumer(){ while(true) { semWait(s); semWait(n); removeFromBuffer(); semSignal(s); consume(); }} Which one of the following is TRUE? |
A. | The producer will be able to add an item to the buffer, but the consumer can never consume it. |
B. | The consumer will remove no more than one item from the buffer. |
C. | Deadlock occurs if the consumer succeeds in acquiring semaphore s when the buffer is empty. |
D. | The starting value for the semaphore n must be 1 and not 0 for deadlock-free operation. |
Answer» D. The starting value for the semaphore n must be 1 and not 0 for deadlock-free operation. | |